You read it here first, ‘Hawk (and Boeing) fans — the Charlotte Observer reports that the Carolina Panthers will fly into Seattle Saturday on a chartered Airbus A321. http://www.charlotte.com/mld/charlotte/sports/football/nfl/carolina_panthers/13658905.htm
Key Quote: “He’s making sure the Panthers’ chartered Airbus 321 is properly catered, that Boeing Field in Seattle will be prepared for the flight’s arrival and the plane has no caffeine-filled sodas that could dehydrate the players before their NFC Championship game with the Seattle Seahawks.”
You bring that French plane to our house, into BOEING FIELD … AND you don’t bring caffeine? That’s like putting Heinz 57 on your barbecue. Or wasabi on grits. Or Postum in your coffee mug. Or mustard on an Ichi-roll. Or (shuddering) deep-frying salmon.
Jeez, I’m getting worked up about this … it’s just so wrong, it’s like:
* Taking your wife for an anniversary dinner at Hooters.
* The Screaming Trees covering Hootie and the Blowfish.
* Ivar’s doing a catfish fry at the Lake Union salmon house.
* Paul Allen giving Bill Gates an iPod for Christmas.
* Chip Hanauer driving Buicks in the Nextel Cup.
* Gretchen Wilson shopping for lingerie at Nordstrom’s.
Or … for any of you reading from the lower right-hand corner of the country … it’s like:
* Smoking French cigarettes in Winston-Salem, or
* Wearing Gortex and flannel to the country club at Hilton Head.
The Seahawks, of course, fly on an all-American airplane: a Boeing 757 belonging to owner Paul Allen’s Vulcan investment group.
I tell ya who the 12th Man is gonna be Sunday — it’ll be the ghost of Tex Johnston, flying barrell rolls over Qwest Field and knocking down Jake Delhomme passes. You laugh … but if a John Kasay kick field goal attempt suddenly suddenly sails wide left … well, don’t say I didn’t warn you.
Go ‘Hawks.
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